“It is probably the case that a catastrophic oil drilling accident which occurred in the Everglades would be an environmental disaster of monumental proportions, at least for the state.”
In which alternative universe would such a straw dog of a hypothesized spill be an environmental disaster of monumental proportions?
Calm thy self and do try to remember that when the Everglades lawn dart crashed when full of fuel just after taking off, the area of “impact” was minimal and some 20,000+ pounds was slammed into a very small area.
The impact was in an area I had been in before. After a few months had passed, it looked the same as it had previous to the crash.
So much for “hydrocarbon caused monumental disaster” syndrome.
Michigan is physically very similar to Florida in fact its probably swampier and our people are far more environmentally touchy about things and we drill everywhere. Swamps are natural filters.
The Embridge spill didn’t pan out to be the vast catastrophe some hoped it would be and there are some facts that were missed by the media. One big fact that was missed is the fact that there wasn’t a state inspector on the payroll as required for some ten years or more.
I'm all for drilling wherever there are significant enough reserves to do justify doing so, without excessive environmental risk. For Florida, that means drilling in the Atlantic, and any candidate who wants to make a drilling in the Everglades part of their agenda will disappear faster than that lawn dart did...